Caroline Leavitt

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope.

I had a writing professor at Brandeis who told me I'd never make it - and when I sold my first novel a few years later, I sent him a copy!

I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.